binge-eating syndrome

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   a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

   Synonymsbulimia

   Broadereating disorder

Questions about binge-eating syndrome

What does binge-eating syndrome mean?

binge-eating syndrome means "a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation".

What is another word for binge-eating syndrome?

Close synonyms include bulimia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is binge-eating syndrome a common word?

binge-eating syndrome is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.